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Five pillars of faith

1. Reciting the creed:  "There is no God, but Allah, and Muhammad is the prophet of Allah."
2. Prayer: They are required to pray five times a day facing Mecca. One must pray in Arabic, following a set form of words and ritual stances.
3. Fasting: During the month of Ramadan, all the Muslims are required to fast.
4. Almsgiving: Muslims are required to give one-fortieth of money and merchandise.
5. Pilgrimage: Every adult Muslim must journey once in their lifetime to Mecca.

There are five major pillars of doctrine in Islam. The first one is reciting the creed  which says, "There is no God, but Allah, and Muhammad is the prophet of Allah. "The second one is prayer. They are required to pray five times a day facing Mecca. Muslims   must pray in Arabic, following a set form of words and kneel and bow toward Mecca. The third one is fasting.  During the whole month of Ramadan, all the Muslims are required to fast during the daytime, then they feast at night. Muslims are not allowed to eat, drink, or smoke during the day.  Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim lunar year.  The fourth one is almsgiving. Muslims are required to give one-fortieth of money and merchandise. The fifth one is a pilgrimage called the Hajj. Every adult Muslim must journey once in their lifetime to Mecca.

The Jihad is holy war. All adult free males are called to war against unbelievers. If you die in a holy war you go directly to paradise. Only men have souls and can go to paradise, where seventy young beautiful virgins will serve them. “They shall dwell will bashful virgins whom neither man nor jinnee will have touched before.” (Qur’ān  55:56).The “Qur’ān” is their holy scriptures.

Muhammad was born about 570 AD in Mecca. His mother died when he was only six. He had an unknown father. He was brought up by his grandfather and then by his uncle. It seems that he had contact with Christianity and Judaism. At age forty he had his first revelation of the Qur’ān, which means reading. It is stated that he heard a voice three times telling him to read in the name of the Lord. Later he saw a vision of the angel Gabriel. Muhammad at first feared that he was possessed by a jinn or genii. Soon he began to give divine revelation, which are recorded in the Qur’ān, considered to be the very words of Allah, through the archangel Gabriel to Muhammad. Because the Qur’ān stories are different then the Old Testament, Muhammad saw the Old Testament as corrupt. The Qur’ān has hundred-fourteen chapters or surahs. The Qur’ān has twenty-eight prophets of Allah. The greatest prophet of the Qur’ān was Muhammad, this included Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Jonah, and Jesus.

In 622 AD Muhammad withdrew his followers to Medina. This withdraw is called Hijra which is the beginning of the Muslim calendar. In Medina he became a judge and a leader. In the year 9 AH, Muhammad returned triumphant to Mecca and established Islam. Islam rapidly spread over the Middle East and Africa. If you didn’t convert to Islam you were killed, so there were a lot of conversions. Many joined the army because they thought that they would go directly to paradise if they died in battle.

Dr. Meyers believes that because of Muhammad’s traumatic childhood, he may have developed sever psychological problems. Hearing voices and seeing visions is usually called psychosis. Muhammad exhibits the same signs as cult leaders today. Cult leaders have strict rules for their followers, but they are above the rules themselves. For example, Muhammad was allowed to have more than four wives, while his followers could not. Muhammad had some strange views of Christianity. He denied the deity of Christ and that Christ didn’t die on the cross but was caught up to heaven. He didn’t believe in the trinity which he miss took as Father, Virgin, and Son. He denied Jesus was the Son of God. He believed that Christ foretold the coming of Muhammad, which he saw as the comforter, Holy Spirit in the gospel of John.  Surah 4:11 says that, “Man must take care of their own sin. Muslims must earn their own salvation from sin by following the five pillars of faith. Today there are two major groups of Muslims the Shiites and the Sunni.  

Muhammad died with out naming a successor, called a Caliph. There was a war of succession. Many tribes refused to pay their dues, but Abu Bakr forced obedience by the sword. This began the principle of fighting in the way of Allah. In 30 AH, the Qur’ān was prepared and all different versions were destroyed. By: Abigail Meyers

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